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Whitehaven Coal Ltd (WHC.AU) — chart, structure and Closelook read

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Company snapshot — Whitehaven Coal Ltd

WHC.AU in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelook stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
Whitehaven Coal develops and runs coal mines across Queensland and New South Wales, working both open-cut and underground pits in the Gunnedah Coal Basin. It produces metallurgical coal used in steelmaking and thermal coal used for power generation, and ships its output to buyers across Japan, China, Korea, Taiwan and other Asian and European markets. The company was founded in 1999 and is based in Sydney.
Where it sits in the stack
Whitehaven carries no seat in our index; it sits in the Energy sector of our universe, under Thermal Coal, outside the AI build-out sleeves the diary tracks most closely.
Who it is priced against
The diary holds no peer group for this name in Closelook's peer group; the comparison the market most often draws is with New Hope Corporation, another Australian coal producer selling into similar Asian markets.
Why Closelook tracks it
It carries no index seat and no Closelook score, so there is no module read to report; the diary's only entry for it is a chart-structure reading, tracked as a reference point rather than a scored constituent.
What the diary watches
Whether shifts in demand from its Asian buyers, or moves in seaborne coal prices, pull the shares away from or back toward the levels the diary's chart reading currently shows.

Whitehaven Coal Ltd (WHC.AU) trades on the AU exchange in Australia, classified under Energy.

The Closelook company score reads 43/100 composite (momentum 29, quality 32, valuation 66) across 7 modules — the full breakdown, chart structure and analog history load live above.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelook’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

Signals for this name

Every Closelook reading that exists for WHC.AU, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Who it is priced against Energy · Australia · 6 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Energy · Australia

Scored names in the same sector and country from the Closelook universe.

Compared against WHC.AU on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelook scores where it exists.

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 1.26%, semi-annual · buybacks 142 m AUD in FY2026

Dividends and capital return

What WHC.AU pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 0.10 AUD per share · a 1.26% yield on the 2026-09-18 close 2 distributions, paid twice a year 2026-09-18
  • Change on the year −33.3% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 0.15 AUD per share
  • Last distribution 0.0600 AUD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-09-02
  • By calendar year 2025: 0.15 AUD (partial) · 2026: 0.10 AUD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2025-02-27
  • Dividends paid, FY2026 79 m AUD 21% of earnings
  • Buybacks, FY2026 142 m AUD 2.2% of today's market value
  • Share count −1.1% in FY2026
  • Capital returned 221 m AUD · 48% of free cash flow dividends and buybacks together, against the year’s free cash flow

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Weather around the name 4 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sector × region …

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 50/100 · S&P 500 fund at 49, above its 50- and 200-day averagesEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-18
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 97th percentile of the window, +4.9% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-18
  • Sector × region Energy in Asia-Pacific developed: −0.4% week · +7.6% month · +13.2% quarter · +3.8% yearThe Sector Engine cell this name lives in, from 1618.TSE; the 11 × 4 matrix shows where its sector is being bought and where it is being sold. Sector Engine → 2026-09-20
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.07 · down 0.41 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-18

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-19

Quick answers

What is Whitehaven Coal Ltd (WHC.AU)?

Whitehaven Coal Ltd trades as WHC.AU on the AU exchange (Australia) and is classified under Energy in the Closelook research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-19.

Is WHC.AU in a Closelook index?

Not currently — Whitehaven Coal Ltd is tracked in the Closelook research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelook functional index as of 2026-09-19.

What is Whitehaven Coal Ltd's Closelook composite score?

43 out of 100, with momentum 29, quality 32 and valuation 66 sub-scores, as of 2026-09-19. Scores are Closelook's own research readings, not ratings or investment advice.

Where does WHC.AU trade against its moving averages?

Recovery attempt under the 200-day: Trades +1.2% vs the 50-day and -3.1% vs the 200-day average, 19.3% below the 52-week high and +26.8% off the 52-week low; a death cross printed 35 sessions ago. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-18 — a technical state from the nightly Closelook bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

What does Whitehaven Coal Ltd do?

Whitehaven Coal develops and runs coal mines across Queensland and New South Wales, working both open-cut and underground pits in the Gunnedah Coal Basin. It produces metallurgical coal used in steelmaking and thermal coal used for power generation, and ships its output to buyers across Japan, China, Korea, Taiwan and other Asian and European markets. The company was founded in 1999 and is based in Sydney. The diary holds no peer group for this name in Closelook's peer group; the comparison the market most often draws is with New Hope Corporation, another Australian coal producer selling into similar Asian markets.

Where does Whitehaven Coal Ltd sit in the AI build-out?

Whitehaven carries no seat in our index; it sits in the Energy sector of our universe, under Thermal Coal, outside the AI build-out sleeves the diary tracks most closely. It carries no index seat and no Closelook score, so there is no module read to report; the diary's only entry for it is a chart-structure reading, tracked as a reference point rather than a scored constituent.

Does Whitehaven Coal Ltd pay a dividend?

Whitehaven Coal Ltd has paid 0.10 AUD per share over the last twelve months, paid twice a year, a trailing yield of 1.26% on the 2026-09-18 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.0600 AUD on 2026-09-02. In fiscal 2026 the company paid 79 m AUD in dividends and bought back 142 m AUD of its own shares, 48% of that year’s free cash flow. The share count fell 1.1% over the fiscal year. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for WHC.AU, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelook structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelook universe

then Thermal Coal, then Energy. Scored names rank on their Closelook score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.